NEWS FETCH — June 26, 2018

• Pawnee fire in Lake County jumps to 10,500 acres
• The ‘junket’ that saved Napa Valley’s wine industry
• Wine and weed go to war in Oregon
• Napa’s final election results make it official – Measure C lost
• Here’s how to avoid costly mistakes by managing your barrel inventory with bar codes – Click now to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Cause-Marketing wine company ONEHOPE Raises $33 Million with record number of investors
• Wine Retailers Win in New York
• Submissions now open for 2018 USA Wine Ratings: Where wines are judged by Quality, Value and Package *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Will the rocket ride for Napa cabernet sauvignon and Sonoma pinot noir continue?
• PA: Spotted lanternflies spark more research and worry for Berks vineyard owners
• This Year’s IBWSS San Francisco Theme Is “Bulk Up Your Bottom Line” *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

• Pawnee Fire: Evacuations mandatory as Lake County fire continues to burn
• Map of the Pawnee fire burning in Lake County
• Gov. Jerry Brown declares a state of emergency as Lake County fire threatens hundreds of homes
• Where Northern California fire victims can find resources – and how you can help

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• San Francisco restaurants can’t afford waiters. So they’re putting diners to work.
• San Francisco’s Permit Patty faces business backlash from fellow cannabis entrepreneurs
• A California Winery Is Hosting A New Boozy Escape Room
• 11 Essentials to Keeping Customers Engaged on Your Winery Website *Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Napa County Supervisors poised to allow outdoor, personal use cannabis cultivation
• Efforts to Regulate California’s Cannabis Capital Spark Legal Fight
• Green Gold: Corporate Titans Are Betting Big on Cannabis Beer, Wine, and Cocktails
• Puff or Chug? Pot Beer Is Coming to Nevada, California
• Cannabis Drinks Expo Launched By Beverage Trade Network will bring the global Cannabis drinks industry into one roof. Get more information here. *Sponsored Link*

AMAZON

• Hotels Hope To Drive Food And Beverage Sales With Amazon Echo
• Amazon expands “ultrafast” Whole Foods delivery to San Antonio, other markets

DROUGHT/WATER

• Senate Passes Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
• Tracking rain, one droplet at a time
• This one issue could make splitting California into three states virtually impossible
• South Africa: Cape Town’s dams are now 42.7% full

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo aims to boost its stake in China’s Sichuan Shuijingfang
• Walmart to roll out grocery delivery in San Antonio next month
• Sainsbury’s sales falls behind rival grocers

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• OZ: Vasse Felix makes $20m move for Watershed

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Tensions Over Tariffs Reach Wine and Spirits Industry

DISTRIBUTORS

• Bancroft Wines to distribute Delicato Family Vineyards wines in the UK
• Jury awards former Glazer’s liquor executives $2.4M in lost compensation
• Discover new and exciting products at the 2018 USA Trade Tasting. Get your visitor pass today and avoid $40 gate fee. *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• HDH sales up 42% in H1
• Twelve By Seventy Five Limited – exchange DRC for an unsaleable investment

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Score Settling
• New London wine bar to focus on female winemakers
• Buying tea in China reminded me of being a novice wine drinker

MARKETING & SALES

• A Guide to Improving Your Winery Website to Sell More Wine *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• So Long, Marianne

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Lodi Vineyard & Wines Symposium June 28, 2018
• Early bird chance to “Bulk up your Bottom line” at IBWSS wine shows

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• People spend almost as much time on Instagram as they do on Facebook
• Why You Should Bet on Pinterest
• A Guide to Improving Your Winery Website to Sell More Wine *Sponsored Link*

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Millennials most tech-savvy, but GenX & Boomers not far behind

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Embracing Smoke Taint as an Expression of Terroir
• Now wine lovers need to know about geology – or do they?

TASTELESS (RETCHING EXCESS)

• A Champagne flute that can hold an entire bottle of sparkling wine now exists

WINE PEOPLE

• The Dynamic David Phinney: A Napa Wine Legend Turns to Spirits
• Braithe Tidwell leads Brennan’s wine team
• New winery operations manager Dave Corey plans to grow Hancock College’s winery

WINE PLACES

• Behind the design of the d’Arenberg Cube

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Canadian winemaker stripped of award over claims of sexual misconduct

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Finger Lakes or bust: how wineries are taking innovative approaches to changing climate
• How Climate Change Is Shaping Canada’s Wine Regions

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Lower Risk with Winery Lot Traceability
• Why it’s time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

EUROPE & THE UK

• Suduiraut has lucky escape from fire
• France increases winery stock level to mitigate weather hazards
• UK considers mandatory calorie labelling on restaurant menus
• English winemakers experiment with Charmat method
• Occitanie rosé in the pink as UK market dries up
• Greek whites vie for Assyrtiko’s crown
• Bordeaux Wine Month proves a hit with indies

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Wine research centre more research than centre

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• United Spirits invests $4m in India’s first alcohol delivery app

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Not Jewish Enough: Israeli Winery Drops Ethiopian Workers From Production Line

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Will there be wine on Mars?

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Craft brewing and business strategies: ‘Small is the new big’